Newtown massacre: Gun dealer's license yanked

10:22 PM,
Apr. 4, 2013

The Riverview Gun Sales shop in East Windsor, Conn. According to the Hartford Courant, sources said the Bushmaster rifle used by the gunman Adam Lanza was legally purchased at the shop by his mother. The ATF has revoked store owner David LaGuercia's federal firearms license.

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The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has permanently revoked the federal firearms license of East Windsor, Conn., gun store owner David LaGuercia, whose shop reportedly sold guns used in the Newtown school massacre and a second Connecticut mass shooting.

ATF spokeswoman Deb Seifert told The Journal News on Thursday that she could not be more specific on the reasons LaGuercia's license was revoked. It was revoked Dec. 20 and the 60-day time frame to appeal has expired.